1997 San Diego Padres season

The 1997 San Diego Padres season was the 29th season in franchise history. The Padres finished last in the National League West. Right fielder (and future Hall of Famer) Tony Gwynn had the highest batting average in the majors, at .372.

1997 San Diego Padres
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record76–86 (.469)
Divisional place4th
Other information
OwnersJohn Moores
General managersKevin Towers
ManagersBruce Bochy
Local televisionKUSI-TV
4SD
(Mark Grant, Mel Proctor, Rick Sutcliffe, Glenn Geffner)
Local radioKFMB (AM)
(Jerry Coleman, Ted Leitner, Bob Chandler, Glenn Geffner)
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In April, the Padres played three home games at the Aloha Stadium in Hawaii against the St. Louis Cardinals. The Cardinals won the opening two games (a doubleheader) on April 19, winning the first 1-0[1] and the second 2-1[2] before the Padres won game 3 on Sunday April 20 by a score of 8-2.[3] Reported attendances were 37,382 (games 1 and 2)[2] and 40,050 (game 3).[3]

Regular season

Transactions

Season standings
NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
San Francisco Giants 9072 0.556 — 48–33 42–39
Los Angeles Dodgers 8874 0.543 2 47–34 41–40
Colorado Rockies 8379 0.512 7 47–34 36–45
San Diego Padres 7686 0.469 14 39–42 37–44

Record vs. opponents
1997 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LA MTL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL AL
Atlanta—9–29–25–64–87–46–510–25–710–25–68–37–48–37–5
Chicago2–9—7–52–92–93–95–64–76–56–57–56–55–64–89–6
Cincinnati2–95–7—5–65–65–76–56–52–98–38–45–64–76–69–6
Colorado 6–59–26–5—7–45–65–77–46–54–74–74–84–87–49–7
Florida8–49–26–54–7—7–47–47–54–86–67–45–65–65–612–3
Houston4–79–37–56–54–7—7–48–37–44–76–66–53–89–34–11
Los Angeles 5–66–55–67–54–74–7—7–46–510–19–25–76–65–69–7
Montreal2–107–45–64–75–73–84–7—5–76–65–68–36–56–512–3
New York7–55–69–25–68–44–75–67–5—7–57–45–63–89–27–8
Philadelphia2-105–63–87–46–67–41–106–65–7—5–67–43–86–55–10
Pittsburgh6–55–74–87–44–76–62–96–54–76–5—5–68–39–37–8
San Diego3–85–66–58–46–55–67–53–86–54–76–5—4–85–68–8
San Francisco4–76–57–48–46–58–36–65–68–38–33–88–4—3–810–6
St. Louis3–88–46–64–76–53-96–55–62–95–63–96–58–3—8–7

Roster
1997 San Diego Padres
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CJohn Flaherty129439120.273946
1BWally Joyner135455149.3271383
2BQuilvio Veras145539143.265345
SSChris Gomez150522132.253554
3BKen Caminiti137486141.2902690
LFGreg Vaughn12036178.2161857
CFSteve Finley143560146.2612892
RFTony Gwynn149592220.37217119

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Rickey Henderson8828879.274627
Archi Cianfrocco8922054.245426
Chris Jones9215237.243725
Craig Shipley6313938.273519
Carlos Hernández5013442.313314
Mark Sweeney7110333.320219
Trey Beamon436518.27707
Derrek Lee225414.25914
Mandy Romero214810.20824
Terry Shumpert13339.27316
Jorge Velandia14293.10300
Scott Livingstone23264.15403
George Arias11225.22702
Don Slaught20200.00000
Rubén Rivera17205.25001
Phil Plantier1081.12500

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Andy Ashby30200.29114.13144
Joey Hamilton31192.21274.25124
Sterling Hitchcock32161.010115.20106
Fernando Valenzuela1366.1284.7551
Paul Menhart944.0234.7022

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Pete Smith37118.0764.8168
Tim Worrell60106.1485.1681
Sean Bergman4499.0246.0974
Will Cunnane5491.1635.8179
Danny Jackson1349.0177.5319
Heath Murray1733.1126.7516
Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Trevor Hoffman7064372.66111
Doug Bochtler543624.7746
Jim Bruske284103.6332
Dario Veras232105.1121
Tim Scott141107.8514
Rich Batchelor132007.8210
Terry Burrows1302010.458
Marc Kroon120106.3512
Todd Erdos112005.2713
Joey Long100008.188

League Honors

All-Stars

Awards

Statistical Leaders

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Las Vegas Stars Pacific Coast League Jerry Royster
AA Mobile BayBears Southern League Mike Ramsey
A Rancho Cucamonga Quakes California League Mike Basso
A Clinton LumberKings Midwest League Tom LeVasseur
Rookie AZL Padres Arizona League Randy Whisler
Rookie Idaho Falls Braves Pioneer League Don Werner

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References
  1. "Box Score Cardinals @ Padres April 19 Game 1". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
  2. "Box Score Cardinals @ Padres April 19 Game 2". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
  3. "Box Score Cardinals @ Padres April 20". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
  4. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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